Subject: Math Length of Time: About 45 Minutes

Common Core Alignment
CCSS: ELA-LITERACY.L.K.5.A - Sort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods)
to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.
Objectives & Outcomes
Students will be able to identify and classify sea animals by listening and answering
questions about a text, sorting sea animals into categories, and discussing sea animal with
partners.
Materials Needed
computer
internet
"Way down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea" by Jan Peck
various picture cards of both land and ocean animals
Procedure
Opening to Lesson
Read Way down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea. (Ask questions about key points in the book -
evaluation).
Body of Lesson
Direct Teaching
Show various picture cards of both land and sea animals to the class and ask individuals to

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name the animal as a land animal or a sea animal-or both. (Point out features on some of the
animals shown and ask why a certain animal might be better suited for land or for the
ocean- i.e. practice distinct vocabulary of body parts: fins, flippers, legs…)
Guided Practice 1
Give each pairtable partners a picture of an animal and ask them to decide with their
partner if it is a land or sea animal. Next, ask students to go to one side if they have a land
animal and the other side if they have a sea animal. (Have students explain and discuss as a
class why or why not they have which animal.)
Guided Practice 2
Have students return to their seats, Give everyone a new picture and have them discuss
with a partner if they’re land or sea… Then ask students to stand up if they have a land
animal, sit if they have a sea animal, stand if their animal is blue and sit if its green…etc.
Continue asking questions and having students clarify as you go… i.e. “Who knows what a
fin is? Can you sit if your animal has a fin?” (Provide additional opportunities for practices
as needed, and observe)